Virginia is for Film Lovers, and it is filled with educational and job opportunities for actors and crew members, screenings and film festivals, and film related events: networking and career development opportunities, seminars, classes, and workshops. The Virginia Film Office’s weekly update brings you a summary of the events of the week, don’t miss out! Tuesday… Read more »
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Fairfax – Moonlight at GMU – Apr 13 – FREE
Moonlight Free screening and discussion Thursday 4/13 at 4:30pm Johnson Center Cinema Winner of Best Picture at the Academy Awards, Barry Jenkins’ movie is nuanced and sharp, specific and sweeping. Come see Moonlight this April, during LGBTQ Pride Week 2017. Free and open to the public. See the website here. This event is sponsored by LGBTQ Resources, Film and Media Studies,… Read more »
Fairfax – GMU Visiting Filmmakers Series: Visitor’s Day – Apr 19 – FREE
Visitor’s Day (Día de Visita) April 19, 2017, Wednesday 7:30pm Johnson Center Cinema Free screening and discussion with director Nicole Opper Sixteen-year-old Juan Carlos ran away from an abusive home and lived on the streets of Mexico City for years before finding his way to IPODERAC, a unique group home and social enterprise located in… Read more »
DC – Documentary Roundtable – March 13 – FEE/FREE
Interface Media Group 1233 20th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 Monday, March 13, 2017 at 6:30 pm-8:30 pm 6:30-7:00 pm: Informal Networking 7:00- 8:30 pm: Panel Discussion The special guest will be Hans Charles, Director of Photography of the highly acclaimed documentary 13th. Hans will be sharing his expertise and insight into what it takes to… Read more »
Richmond – VPA Annual General Meeting & Election – March 14
The Virginia Production Alliance (VPA) is having its annual General Meeting and Election for the VPA Executive Board on March 14th. Time: 6:30 pm Networking 7:00 pm Meeting starts Location: WCVE (Front Entrance) 23 Sesame St. Richmond, VA 23235 Members – FREE Non-Members – $5 All members current on their dues are allowed to vote.
Richmond – James River Film Festival – Apr 6-9 – FEE
The James River Film Festival returns April 6-9, 2017 for its 24th year. Since the start of the festival, it’s featured experimental, independent, avant-garde, foreign, cult, and classic art house films and has brought more than 130 nationally and internationally known filmmakers, musicians, critics, educators and artists to Richmond to present and discuss their work.… Read more »
DC – Dominican Night as part of The DC Environmental Film Festival – Mar 23 – Free
On March 23, as part of the DC Environmental Film Festival, The Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival will host Dominican Night and will feature screenings of works produced in the Dominican Republic. DC’s E Street Cinema will host a screening of the winner of the 2016 Globo Verde Dominicano, the short film Ciclos by Hansel… Read more »
Virginia – Bike Shorts Film Festival – Deadline March 31
The Bike Shorts Film Festival celebrates bikes, bike culture, and bike people with short films that have something, anything, to do with bicycles. The festival is part of the series of events that RIDE Solutions puts on each spring to celebrating National Bike Month in Central and Southwest Virginia. It is the longest-running, locally-focused film… Read more »
Richmond – Burning Sands Screening – March 8 – Free
The Virginia-filmed feature Burning Sands will have its Virginia premiere March 8th at 6:30 pm at VSU’s Virginia Hall. Burning Sands screened at the Sundance Film Festival and is an unflinching look at fraternities, pledging and the cultures of hazing. The film takes you through the journey of one pledge torn between honoring a code of silence… Read more »
Manassas – Networking/Training- Mar 18 – FEE
THE FORGE STUDIOS HOST A DAY OF NETWORKING & FILM TRAINING March 18th Manassas, VA. The Training will be seen through the lens of the Business of Filmmaking… FORMAT: They will have a block of instruction by Ron Newcomb (Rise of the Fellowship, Made in the USA, The Rangers) followed by area filmmaking panelist such… Read more »
DC – WIFV STONEHENGE AUDITIONS – MARCH 20 – FEE
Reminder: Source Theater 1835 14th St NW Washington, DC 20009 Start: Monday, March 20, 2017 at 9:00 AM End: Monday, March 20, 2017 at 6:00 PM WIFV is co-hosting the sixteenth edition of the Stonehenge Auditions with Team Jabberwocky in Washington, DC. Stonehenge Auditions is a day-long marathon of actors delivering film and video monologues… Read more »
Richmond – French Film Festival – Mar 27-Apr 2 – FEE
The French Film Festival returns to Richmond for the 29th year on March 27-April 2, continuing its tradition of showcasing the diversity of French Film. All films are presented by their directors and/or starring actors. A question-and-answer session with directors and actors follows each film. All movies have English subtitles, and discussions are in English or in… Read more »
Bethesda, MD – Bethesda Film Fest – MAR 17-18 – FEE
The 5th annual Bethesda Film Fest will feature five short documentaries made by local filmmakers at screenings scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 17-18, 2017. Screenings will be held at 7pm on March 17th and 6pm and 8pm on March 18th at Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave. in downtown Bethesda. The Bethesda Film Fest is… Read more »
Richmond – FREE TICKETS FOR TALES OF MEXICO – MAR 2 – FREE
Dear Friend of the Virginia Film Office, The Richmond International Film Festival has just made a wonderful offer to all friends of the Virginia Film Office. The Festival has made tickets available to the screening of TALES OF MEXICO, showing at 6:15 at the Byrd Theatre in Richmond on Thursday, March 2. Just come to… Read more »
Nationwide – Burning sands launching on Netflix – Mar 10
Filmed at Virginia State University and premiered at Sundance, Burning Sands takes you on a raw, voyeuristic journey of fraternity pledging through the eyes of one favored pledgee, who is torn between honoring a code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing. Led by a breakthrough performance by Trevor Jackson, director… Read more »
DC – Animators roundtable – Mar 15 – FEE/FREE
When: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 6:30pm to 8:30pm Where: Interface Media Group 1233 20th Street NW Washington DC, 20036 Register Here Behind the Scenes of Animated Short Fired Up Fired Up is a short animated film that depicts the origin story of President Obama’s famed “Fired up, ready to go” chant. Released on the final… Read more »
DC – Screening of Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale – TODAY – Free
The Environmental Film Festival is proud to present Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale TODAY March 1, 2017 9:30 am & 12:30 pm The Historic Lincoln Theatre 1215 U St, NW, Washington, DC 20009 Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale tells the urgent story of an international crisis. A newborn elephant in Botswana’s Okavango Delta inspires hope for… Read more »
Richmond – Screening of Aviva Kempner’s Rosenwald – Feb 28 – FREE
A FILM INSPIRED BY JULIAN BOND Come see Aviva Kempner’s film Rosenwald in Richmond, VA on February 28! Aviva Kempner’s Rosenwald is the incredible story of Julius Rosenwald, who never finished high school, but rose to become the President of Sears. Influenced by the writings of the educator Booker T. Washington, this Jewish philanthropist joined forces with… Read more »
COMING UP THIS WEEK
Virginia is for Film Lovers, and it is filled with educational and job opportunities for actors and crew members, screenings and film festivals, and film related events: networking and career development opportunities, seminars, classes, and workshops. The Virginia Film Office’s weekly update brings you a summary of the events of the week, don’t miss out! Monday… Read more »
Washington DC – Docs in Progress – Feb 24 – Fee
Tonight (Friday, February 24), come join Docs In Progress to help workshop films on two hot topics. Your feedback will help your fellow filmmakers overcome creative blocks and get a new perspective on any challenges in structural or character development. This program is open both to filmmakers and film lovers! WHAT’S SCREENING? Girls Are Always… Read more »
Washington DC – WIFV Stonehenge Auditions – March 20 – Fee
Source Theater 1835 14th St NW Washington, DC 20009 Start: Monday, March 20, 2017 at 9:00 AM End: Monday, March 20, 2017 at 6:00 PM Note: This registration is for producers only (i.e. people viewing the auditions). If you are an actor and wish to audition, registration is FREE, but you must have a… Read more »
Hampton Roads – Filmapalooza Seattle on Tour – Aug. 4 – fee
Filmapalooza Seattle Kicks Off Next Week In less than a week, 300 filmmakers from around the world will travel to Seattle for one of the biggest 48HFP filmmaking events of the year–Filmapalooza! Filmapalooza is the 48HFP’s international festival and competition, where they screen all of their city-winning 48HFP films from the previous year and… Read more »
Washington D.C. – Women who Lead: Making the Jump to CEO – March 7 – Fee
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Pepco Edison Place Gallery 702 8th St. NW Washington, DC 20068 Single Ticket $50.00 8:00 a.m. – Registration and Networking 8:30 a.m. – Panel Discussion moderated by: Jennifer Nycz-Conner, Editor-at-Large, Washington Business Journal Panelists: Rosie Allen-Herring, CEO, United Way… Read more »
Washington D.C. – Screenwriters Roundtable: Writing Feature Films – Feb. 27 – Fee
Monday, February 27, 2017 at 6:30 PM Ever wish you could be a fly on the wall and listen in to a group of “successful” screenwriters and/or show runners discuss their craft? Well, you can. Thanks to the folks at The Hollywood Reporter you can listen to some of the most successful screenwriters in film speak… Read more »